Not Feeling the Love

Cooper's Rendition of Marathon Harbor

If there was one place everyone we talked to about the keys said to go, it was Marathon. "We loved Marathon", "you gotta go to Marathon", "we stayed in Marathon a month", etc., etc., but we don't get it.  It's nice enough and I guess in full season (we are definitely off season now), there is a lot going on, kind of like the George Town (Bahamas) of the Keys. Two hundred plus moorings in the harbor, morning nets (where they talk about activities going on over the VHF), and pot lucks at night (everyone bring a dish!).  We stayed 2 nights, got much-needed showers, laundry done, and some more food (pricey but not too bad).  But, there's not much else to keep us here. We're not really the type that likes to gather with the other cruisers and definitely do not like to cook, I avoid cooking whenever possible (which can be troublesome too).  We have been looking mostly for nice beaches that we can take the boys to to feed their swimming addiction.  Unfortunately Marathon doesn't really have a beach area. You can dinghy over to one, but it's a bit of a ride and very tiny, so it gets full pretty quick; it's also full of sea grass, so it's not as nice as some others.
Anyway, 2 days later we are off to Bahia Honda Key where there is supposedly a nice beach. We'll let you know.